MudPies & Rainbows: November 2011

Tuesday 29 November 2011

Kindness Is Always In Style, It Looks Great On Everyone...

Yeap, tomorrow's the 1st Of December "let the count down to Christmas begin" I don't know about you but It feels like we've just packed away the Halloween decorations!! Where did October and November go..

To embrace the true meaning of the Holiday Season, this year we have decided to spread a little Extra Christmas Cheer by participating in some Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. (R.A.C.K)

For my daily act of kindness all year I've been putting sweet little lunch box notes in between the kids sandwiches, I love doing it and I know they secretly love getting them too. Here is a link to the fab lunch box notes I've been using, designed by the talented Lori from fresh picked whimsy.  Just click on the link, print, cut out and pop into their lunch boxes it's as simple as.

http://freshpickedwhimsy.typepad.com/fresh_picked_whimsy/downloads/lunchbox_notes/lunchbox%20notes%20downloads%202.pdf

Here are some of the R.A.C.K we are planning on doing this month:

- Stick a €1 or €2 coin to a trolley in the shopping centre.
- Share a smile :0),
- Share your umbrella,
- Help some one carry their grocery bags
- leave some money stuck to the pay and display machine or the
Luas ticket machine.
- Hold the door
- Stop the bus for someone running to catch it.
- Bake some Christmas cookies to share in school.
- Donate unwanted toys to Charity.
- Get up 10mins earlier in the morning and de-ice your neighbours
  car windows.
- Courtesy of Lori from Fresh picked whimsy print, cut out and
  leave these happy notes on bus benches in shops or just about
anywhere:

http://freshpickedwhimsy.typepad.com/fresh_picked_whimsy/downloads/happy_notes/happy%20notes%20-%20summer%202010.pdf

I've designed an anonymous Random Acts Of Kindness Card to leave where ever you do your good deed!
Just right click, save picture and print.

Our first Random Act Of Kindness:

Go on make someones day!

Have fun,

The Fairies x
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Monday 21 November 2011

Poitin Stil, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin - Fairy Pub

Only in Ireland Right!!!

James the manager of the Poitin Stil in Rathcoole, contacted us last week. What seemed to be a Fairy Pub had mysteriously appeared in their restaurant. Of course Fairies don't drink alcohol but they do love music and a good old dance.

We just had to go up and see for ourselves........

Could we have spotted a glimpse of a fairy flitting by?

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The moment my kids Spotted our Fairy Door!......Caught On Camera!!

Apologies for the poor camera quality, I recorded this on my mobile phone.

My kids walked into our sitting room only to find a trail of glittering fairy dust that lead to a tiny fairy door, that had just magically appeared.This is my kids new favourite spot in the house! A month on and we're having so much fun with our fairy door.

Both the kids and the fairy's have been busy exchanging little letters and tokens from Fairyland (Sunflower seeds aka fairy food, tiny knitting needles and a tiny ball of wool, in return the kids have left the fairy's some shiny pennies and pictures of what they think the fairy' looks like). The kids found this little dress fashioned out of flowers,perched in front of our fairy door at the weekend. They were blown away by it......... they can't believe how tiny and stylish their little fairy friend is!

It was the first round of this years parent teacher meetings last week, it was praises all round from their teachers! Phew :0), so I think our fairy friend Fleur will mention this in her letter to them this week and maybe include a chocolate fairy treat each for all their super efforts in school.

Diana

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